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Residents near Alton arrived to the city police department with their bikes in tow Thursday. The residents, many of them family members, arrived to have lights installed on their bicycles-free of charge. “Should they do any nighttime bike riding, we want to make sure it’s in accordance with Texas law and we want to make…

The Palmview City Council on Tuesday authorized the city attorney and the city manager to take any action necessary to address the city’s top priority: street paving. After meeting in executive session, the City Council handed City Manager Michael Leo and City Attorney Eric Flores broad authority “to ensure our streets get paved.” City Councilman…

A judge signed a temporary restraining order against the city of La Joya on Friday, blocking the City Commission from holding a controversial meeting on Saturday. Mayor Jose A. “Fito” Salinas and the City Commission planned to hold a special meeting Saturday morning — three days before Election Day — to approve agreements with more…

Though he may have passed away months ago, the memory of DPS Trooper Moises Sanchez will live on in Edinburg. On Wednesday, members of the public were invited to a street renaming ceremony north of 10th Street and Highway 107 where the street was named after Sanchez. The street, now named “Trooper Moises Sanchez Boulevard,”…

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office fired an investigator last month after he was charged with driving while intoxicated. A state trooper arrested Inv. Jesse Sandlin, 33, of Alamo on Oct. 12. After conducting an internal investigation, the Sheriff’s Office fired Sandlin on Oct. 22. “Everybody knows going in to work for the Sheriff’s Office that…

Vendors and artisans were able to spotlight their goods, attendees were treated to folklorico entertainment, monarch butterflies flooded the gardens and cultural art was on full display at the Mission Historical Museum last weekend. In celebration of Dia de los Muertos, the museum held their annual folklife festival – Noche de Calacas – last Saturday,…

This article originally appeared in the Friday Oct. 25, 2019 issue of the Progress Times. For six-year-old Ezra Gonzalez, Monday included a long drive and some eye-opening new tools. Born with low vision, Ezra’s mother Rosa said they noticed his eyes moving “differently” when he was three months old – and he has been wearing…

This being National School Bus Safety week, students at MCISD are being prepped for any and all possible emergencies that can occur while on the road. A former mandate of the Department of Public Safety, annual bus safety trainings have been held in Mission to educate the student population on how to handle any incidents…

Mission, TX- If parents and children are looking to get the most out of their trick-or-treating excursion for Halloween, the City of Mission is the place to be. Mission ranked among the best in America for the annual tradition, according to a new ranking. The list, compiled by the financial website SmartAsset, ranked the best…

The La Joya City Commission may hold a special meeting Saturday morning — just three days before Election Day — to approve mystery agreements with more than a dozen city employees. La Joya posted the meeting agenda Tuesday at City Hall. The agenda includes discussion and possible action on agreements with more than a dozen…